lou: that's it for us. thanks for joining us this evening. robert row brian joins us as chair of the republican national committee, ronna mcdaniel. bob woodson please join us. my new books the trump century. check it out. elizabeth: markets down today after yesterday's big rally. we have a big show. former u.s. attorney matthew whitaker on chuck grassley, now saying that the power of the deep state is so massive people can get away with political crimes under the obama administration and its surveillance of the trump campaign, russia probe and michael flynn probe. we're taking a harder look at president obama. we'll show you how, quote, by the book obama, was clearly uncomfortable and gave it away in his final press conference in 2016 where president obama tried

to hide from the media his influence on those fbi probes. plus former nypd commissioner bernie kerik, america's biggest problem, democrat flawed leadership. if the covid-19 virus not killed enough people, they are trying to blame this virus for pulling trigger, stunning outbreak of shootings that killed more than a 100 and children as well from coast to coast. democrats in a breathtaking display of callousness, trying to blame it all on covid-19. trying to claim that a virus is pulling the trigger, as people are shot in broad daylight. including seven children are now dead. former nypd commissioners bill bratton, ray kelly, slamming the democrats. ray kelly calling for democrat leaders like bill de blasio to be removed. also this story, trump 2016 campaign manager corey lewandoski with us on recent

destruction of mobs trying to wipe out our nation's history in order to control the future. how much the mainstream media is misleading well, just about everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪. elizabeth: welcome to the show. you're watching the fox business network. we begin tonight in washington where just a few hours ago president trump talked about how to safely reopen schools this coming fall amid the covid-19 pandemic. the first lady was with him. edward lawrence has the details. edward. reporter: liz, president donald trump says that schools should reopen in the fall. he brought together professionals from k-12 as well as higher education. also parents and students to talk about how to go back to school safely. he says it can be done and should be done. >> we want to reopen the

schools. everybody wants it. the moms want it. the dads want it. the kids want it. it is time to do it. reporter: the first lady also in the meeting as well as vice president mike pence and his wife. the vice president spoke with governors around the country in part to see what they needed to open schools safely. some governors like governor andrew cuomo says he will not open schools until he knows it's safe. the health and human services secretary pushing back on that today. listen. >> our cdc guidance is guidance. when it comes to reopening our schools nobody should hide behind cdc's guidance as a way to not reopen schools. our guidance is to enable and empower the reopening. reporter: a big day here at the white house. tomorrow president donald trump welcoming mexican mt. andres low ped obrador. he is rolling out the red

carpet. canadian prime minister justin trudeau declined invitation during the coronavirus, wishing the u.s. the red carpet will be bed out. there will be a signing ceremony and statement in the rose garden with both presidential leaders. back to you, liz. elizabeth: edward lawrence, thank you so much. top republican senator chuck grassley tweeting his fears, power of deep state is so massive, he fierce it will get away with political crime under the obama administration in its surveillance of the trump campaign, trump russia michael flynn probes. welcome back to the show former acting attorney general matthew whitaker. what do you think? do you agree with senator grassley? >> hi, liz, i agree with my senior home state north in this record. to some extent this

investigation by durham and barr has taken long enough. the american people want accountability. they're demanding accountability in this regard. i fully expect according to bill barr we may know some of the contours and results of investigation, by summer. we're in the middle of summer. by end of summer american people will get frustrated like senator grassley is expecting that this investigation is not moving fast enough. there are reasons, covid is one of the main reasons. ultimately we need to understand what happened in the russian collusion fable and how to make sure it never happens again and folks are held accountable for it. elizabeth: yeah. there was clear abuses of power, abuses of the intelligence community and the apparatus under the intelligence community. certainly the fisa court under the obama administration. attorney general william barr said last month americans will recognize some of the names under the criminal probe. he is troubled by what he has seen so far but he is worried

that because of the 2020 election, durham is not moving fast enough as well. he wants to see it out before the 2020 election. again, do you think that will happen? i mean senator grassley said from the senate floor sure looked like president obama, joe biden, deliberately tried to undermine the incoming trump administration. he said that from the senate floor last week. your take? >> yeah. i think senator grassley is, continues to be concerned and wants results. i think he looks at what the obama administration did including its intelligence community and some of those folks at the white house and i think he wants it not only fully exposed but he believes, i think a lot of people believe including myself there could be criminal charges. whether it is leaking classified information, whether it's abuses of some of these law enforcement tools or whether it was just corruption at its very fundamental basis. i think, really, durham needs to show some fruits of his efforts.

he had over a year now. i fully expect by the end of summer we'll know a lot more. i think we'll know some of the names that are going to be ultimately charged in this. elizabeth: who do you think the names are? >> well, i don't want to get ahead of attorney general barr or john durham but i think it is going to be just as general barr suggested, it is names that we know. i don't know if that is clapper, brennan, comey, strzok page, and others including andy mccabe. i think those always are looked at once in that list. i think durham is doing a much deeper dive. i think ultimately he will develop evidence to hold those folks accountable. elizabeth: they didn't have the goods, they knew that as late as december 2016, early january 2017. they did not have the evidence that there was trump russia collusion. they knew by then. they also didn't have any proof that general michael flynn was

doing anything wrong but then we had media leaks that launched the mueller probe. so that is where it is leading to. what was, how was the fisa court abuse, potential perjury before the fisa court? do you think that will come out that will happen, that charge? >> i do. i think there are potentially false statements made to a court of law. that could certainly have criminal ramifications but at every turn as you point out, liz, whether its with even before they interviewed michael flynn. whether it was at the end of the obama administration, whether it was the mueller report no one found collusion between the trump campaign and russian government. to use that as basis for on going continuing investigation into the trump campaign and president trump and his associates, was so far of an abuse of power, if it is not illegal under the law to do what they did to this president, then certainly congress needs to act and make sure that those powers are never abused again, that it

is criminal. elizabeth: watch, let's watch president obama at his last press conference in december 2016. watch president obama stumble. he hems and haws over his claims that he did stay out and did not influence what was going on with the probes into trump and flynn. watch this. >> particularly in the this hyperpartisan environment that we've been in everything is suspect. everything you do one way or the other. one thing that i have done is to be pretty scrupulous about not wading into investigation decisions or prosecution decisions or decisions not to prosecute. elizabeth: okay. clearly that wasn't true a month later. he told james comey, quote, get the right people on the flynn

case. joe biden brings up the logan act and president obama was apprised what was going on with these probes early on. clearly you can see president obama's discomfort with his own words at the final press conference. your final word, matt? >> i think we have the email from susan rice. i think we have peter strzok's notes. i think a lot of that proves that right here president obama was not being fully truthful and was choosing his words very carefully. he clearly was actively involved and interested in the flynn investigation and i think we need to hear a lot more from the others in the room as to who knew what when and who was directing that investigation. elizabeth: great to see you. thank you so much for coming on. come back soon. >> thank you. for sure. elizabeth: sure. next up, this country has a big problem. it has failed and flawed local democrat leaders. they are to blame for a stunning rise in shootings this weekend that has rattled the country

from coast to coast but now democrat leaders in a breathtaking display callousness try to blame covid-19 virus pulling trigger. dozens over the weekend. including people in broad daylight. including seven children. we'll talk to former nypd commissioner bernie kerik at the new democrat attempts at the blame game that covid-19 has not killed enough people. that story next for any amount you choose instead of buying by the share. all with no commissions. stocks by the slice from fidelity. get your slice today. [(vo)stinct radio chatter] audi e-tron. the next frontier of electric. that's why i've got the power

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♪. elizabeth: welcome back. this country has a big problem. it is catastrophically bad local democrat leadership. that is now being blamed for a stunning rise in violent shootings and assaults and urban carnage not seen in decades. it is rattling the country from coast to coast. from san francisco, new york city, chicago, philadelphia, washington, d.c., atlanta. now this, democrat leaders like mayor bill de blasio and chicago mayor lightfoot are trying to blame the covid-19 virus pulling the trigger killing dozens of people including seven children across the u.s. as if covid-19 hasn't killed enough people the democrats are saying this is behind the violence. let's welcome former nypd commissioner bernie kerik back to the show. great to have you on. virus is why more than 100 is shot over the weekend, including 16 children, seven kids down

dead? >> if it wasn't so comical, i don't know, there is no explanation for their stupidity. bottom line is just in chicago alone there were 80 shot, 14 killed. new york city, 44 shot, six killed. atlanta, 28 shot, four dead. in cleveland, 23 dead. in all of the other cities, major cities around the country led by democrats you have the same exact thing going on. that is what happens when youville noise your cops, when you --ville anize the cops and have laws like they have in new york state with the turnstile justice bail reform laws. the same thing what happens when you close down rikers island and say we're not going to keep as many thugs and criminals on rikers. we're going to let them stay home. well, if you do that, and you continue these policies and these programs, that the democrats are putting in place,

you're going to see substantial increases in violent crime and murder. where do you see them? you see them in the communities where the highest crime is already at its peak. and that is communities of color. elizabeth: yeah. >> so you know, i don't know what, i don't know. it's just, it's stupid policy. elizabeth: yeah, i hear you. >> it's crazy. elizabeth: how can you defund police when in one weekend more than half dozen children are killed? it should be defending the police as you say for helping out minority communities, protecting them. because now we have top cops nationwide, they do not typically publicly criticize but now top cops are publicly criticizing democrat leaders for allowing, quote, mob rule and dodging accountability over their policies as you just pointed out. murders are up double digits in three dozen cities through at least may. start showing viewer what nypd

is releasing. the nypd releasing video of violent assaults. a graphic video of a father shot dead watching his six-year-old daughter across the street. the nypd has had it. you brought that up, commissioner. >> you bring up a really good point to the police commissioner, former police commissioners, including me, ray kelly, bill bratton, to the executives today, two, two-star chiefs over the weekend calling out d.a. vance in manhattan, politicians in manhattan north, spanish harlem, washington heights, where are you? you're talking about all the nonsense defunding the cops. where are you when all the violence is going on. they're nowhere to be found. the bottom line, politicians are basically all of the same party. they're running the party line. my question is, where is the governor? where is the governor? because new york -- elizabeth: i hear you. >> go ahead.

elizabeth: new york city is failing. where is new york state governor andrew cuomo on this? where are democrats? we'll take that up in a later hit. i want your reaction to former police commissioner ray kelly saying mayor bill de blasio should be removed. ray kelly here. let's listen. >> crime is raging out of control in new york city. i don't see anything that will change the trajectory of continuing to rise. there are groups all over the city challenging police officers. police are generally backing off. why are they backing off? they're backing off because their political leaders, the mayors, whoever is in charge of the police departments, i don't mean the police professionals, the elected people, are telling cops to back off. this mayor is atrocious. if i had a magic wand to remove him but unfortunately what is waiting in the wings is no

better. elizabeth: what do you think, commissioner? should democrat leaders be removed? >> atrocious is a good word. incompetent is another. you know what? he should be removed. he should have been remove adlong time ago. the governor of new york should have done it. it's obviously, it is obvious what's happening. it is not going to change. it is only going to get worse. this is only going to get worse with the defunding. and that reduction by a billion dollars of the nypd budget, it is going to slaughter people in these communities and they better fix it and fix it now because it will get horrible in the future. >> yeah. i mean we're talking about mob rule and gang violence overtaking our cities. commissioner, great to have you back on. come back on soon, okay? >> thanks, liz. elizabeth: coming up former trump 2016 campaign manager corey lewandoski on the recent destruction by mobs trying to

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elizabeth: let's welcome former trump 2016 campaign manager corey lewandoski back to the show. great to see you, corey? >> thanks for having me back, liz. elizabeth: your take on the recent destruction by mobs trying to wipe out our nation's history in order to control the future? corey we're talking about destruction of statues honoring george washington, abraham lincoln and statue of abolitionist frederick douglass. they're going after statues of george washington, so should "the washington post" change their name? >> ulysses s. grant. will they change the name of washington or name of washington, d.c.? this is a small ban match raiders running through the streets to destroy our heritage. the president said if you destroy government property on and national landmarkses, you

face 10 years in jail. the american people agree with that. now this is what we're seeing. >> cnn's don lemon under fire for defending mob destruction. he was in a fight with actor terry crews last night. he says movements are messy and mob violence is not extreme. watch a msnbc guest thanking looters for targeting retail giant. >> i got you. i got you. >> here is the thing -- >> terry, you realize even during the civil rights movement dr. king was seen as extreme? that movement was seen as extreme, to people who don't want to make change, movements are seen as extreme. you can paint them easily as an extreme when they are not. >> folks have been turning up and that is not going to stop. and thank goodness, thank goodness, you know, people, looters got a bad name during the george floyd protests but, thank goodness for the looters, man. you have a place called target. you have a store called target. you're going to be a target.

these places have absolutely contributed to the oppression, these retail places have contributed to the oppression of our people. elizabeth: cory, the media is not standing up here. this is poisoning the national debate and the national conversation. these people cannot be taken seriously. they're attacking the foundations of our country. listen, we are one nation under one declaration of independence, under the constitution, under the bill of rights. we're about a national good. this is now an individualized, collective kind of identity politics that is enforced by political correctness and wants big government. it has to stop. this is minority. this is not the majority. what's your take? >> liz, my take, is, the left is very selective when they come out to attack these people. look what we know is, there is a right way to protest. there is always been that since the history of our country, from the time that the patriots took

the tea and threw it into the boston harbor, there is a to protest. tea party movement of the early 2000s was mostly done peacefully with permits in hand. no one is denying people's rights to protest. we are denying people's right to be killed during protests and looting and destruction transpiring. destruction of private businesses, killing of innocent people. the "chop" zone where people are dying. that is not what our country is founded on. our president stands for law and order and so do the vast majority of americans. elizabeth: you know what? when is cnn's excuse me, when is cnn's don lemon and chris cuomo going to read the first amendment which says, peaceful assembly. doesn't give people the right to do violent protests. where more than two dozen people have been shot dead. i want to move on to that issue. let's listen, critics say stop the deceit, media. cut it out.

stop the untruths about america. we're one people with single culture under declaration of independence. i'm sorry i get heated about this, constitution and bill of rights. people died fighting for that flag. minorities died for that flag. immigrants died for that flag. watch these families of loved ones shot and killed during the recent rioting? let's listen to grandparent, parent, atlanta mayor take this on. watch this. >> we're protesting for months, for weeks saying black lives matter, black lives matter. black lives matter seems like only when a police officer shoot a black person. what about all of the black on black crime happening in the community? >> they say black lives matter. killed your home. killed your own. >> these aren't police officers shooting people on the streets of atlanta. these are members of the community shooting each other. and in this case, it is the worst possible outcome.

elizabeth: okay. first up there was the grandfather of an 11-year-old shot dead in washington, d.c. the next individual was the father of the 8-year-old lot in atlanta. your reaction to what you heard? >> the left doesn't want to talk about. that the majority of violence is individuals from the same race killing each other in the same race. this is not just about police officers. it takes guts for these people to come forward and to call out the hypocrisy of the media for not giving their dead relatives the same due that they should be entitled to because it doesn't fit the narrative. the narrative that they want to have is that it is white on black violence. statistically speaking what we're seeing in these unfortunate family members have had to live it first-hand. it is members of their own community killing other members of their own community and we as a nation need to do better. elizabeth: corey lewandoski, come back soon.

always great to have you on. good to see you. >> thank you, liz. elizabeth: up next, house foreign affairs ranking republican michael mccaul of texas on the president today pulling the u.s. out of the w.h.o. and also china's sweeping new security law cracking down on hong kong. hundreds now arrested under this new regime there. secretary of state mike pompeo calls it, quote, orwellian. the question is this, is taiwan next? that story is coming up i had shingles. horrible. a young thing like me? [camera man] actually anyone 50 or over is at increased risk for shingles. the pain, the burning! my husband had to do everything for weeks. and the thing is, there's nothing you can do about it! [camera man] well, shingles can be prevented. shingles can be whaaat? [camera man] prevented. you can get vaccinated. frank! they have shingles vaccines!

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♪ elizabeth: okay. we've got big news coming out of hong kong. secretary of state mike pompeo now says communist china is destroying hong kong's freedoms with its new repressive national security law that he calls orwellian. it is a new central government, national security office taking place run by china hong kong. it is forcing schools to censor books, censor debate, sense sorry political parties. the question is, is taiwan next? let's welcome house foreign

affairs ranking republican michael mccaul of texas. congressman, great to have you on. is taiwan next? what do you think? hundreds of hong kong residents have been arrested. is taiwan next? >> this is a major takeover by the chinese communist party of hong kong in violation of the sino-uk, british treaty. they're basically ripping the treaty into shreds and taking over hong kong and silencing them, taking their freedoms of speech away. taking their democracy away while the rest of the world sits back and watches. the last bill we passed in the house last week unanimously was to sanction the chinese communist party for its violation of the treaty and its take over of hong kong. i can't emphasize enough how important this is. of the chinese aggression against not only hong kong but against india and the at this tn

himalayan region. you mentioned taiwan. taiwan is on the road map. it will be done in a similar way i believe. that is their short-term strategy. elizabeth: wow, that is pretty upsetting for the people of taiwan. it has been living for freedom in decades. the president is talking potentially about executive actions on china and also on hong kong. what do you expect? because today the president did officially withdraw the u.s. from the world health organization. what do you think is coming up next? >> i think you will see the sanctions that we passed in the congress. the president has yet to act on that. i think he will. talking to secretary pompeo. you will see sanctions against the chinese communist party. that is not something he wanted to do. but he could not certify the autonomous nature of hong kong anymore. in other words, the one country two systems has failed and it is one country, one system, and that is the chinese communist party. we have no option but to issue

sanctions against them. with respect to the world health organization, a report that came out recently, really details the coverup and the lies by the chinese communist party when it came to doctors that were trying to alarm the system. they arrested and detained them. they went into labs. destroy lab samples. and the dr. ted goes, head of the world health organization. his own expert is telling him human toe human, declines to issue a public health emergency alert to alert the world to the fact that we may be going from an epidemic to a pandemic, he failed in his number one mission. i believe we need a leader at the w.h.o. who cares more about global health than appeasing the chinese communist party. elizabeth: that is the report out of your committee, that detailed all of that, right,

congressman? >> correct. you can get it on our website. we translated into it mandarin and canton ease. through the state department broke through their firewall. this document is going viral in mainland china. the people who don't have any freedom or freedom of speech, to get the truth to them about this whole thing started. elizabeth: interesting. congressman, great to have you back on. come back soon. >> thank you, liz. elizabeth: sure. next up we've got 120 days until the election. the questions are now grow, will the democrats deafening silence on the violence hitting u.s. cities in america hurt by rioting, hurt by looting, violence, will that hurt joe biden? we'll talk to kelly bolar of the independent women's forum. if the democrat silence here will alienate the moderate voters? that story is next businesses are starting to bounce back.

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♪. elizabeth: welcome back. okay, we have 120 days until the election. questions now grow, will the democrats silence on the violence hitting u.s. cities, will an america filled with rioting, looting, murders and violence, will this hurt joe biden? welcome back independent women's forum senior policy analyst kelsey bolar. great to have you on. what do you think? >> liz, it is great to be here. absolutely joe bide renn will eventually have to come out of his basement and issue some sort of message to the violence and the protests that are breaking out on our streets. we now have two separate problems where we have riots that have stemmed from these protests. we also have a massive surge of gun violence in our democrat-controlled cities. it is very tragic. there were at least six children who died over the 4th of july

weekend as they were just doing everyday things such as playing in their yards with their cousins. so this is a major issue that he absolutely will need to address. i understand politically why it is convenient to stay in his basement right now, but eventually he is going to have to face the american public if he wants to be president. elizabeth: right. there is that. then we've got this recent citigroup poll of 140 fund managers. they think, 62%, think biden will win. 0% of them thought trump was going to win. that is as of last december. that result is flipping back and forth. you know, to your point, joe biden's unwillingness to call for law and order might alienate the moderate middle. statue of abolitionist legend frederick douglas torn down over the weekend in rochester, new york. newt gingrich, is saying, joe biden, what was with your fourth of july speech, that united states is racist to its core? america is not racist.

that is the most ridiculous thing that critics are saying people have heard in a very long time. quote, a chance to rip the roots of systemic racism out of the u.s. that is what joe biden is running on, kelsey. >> liz i agree with you, any moderate or independent american agrees with you. they are in complete dismay, to see statues of frederick douglass torn down. to listen to conversations about tearing statues of george washington down. so what is going to happen when joe biden eventually faces the public and goes up against president trump on the debate stage, he is going to have to win over the independents while also notes interest sizing what has become a very radical, even marxist base for the democrat party. that is going to be very challenging for him or any democrat for that matter. elizabeth: let's move on to this issue. joe biden is also facing growing questions about, quote,

cognitive decline after sound bites like this. watch joe biden here. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm joe biden. joe biden. elizabeth: so introduced himself as joe biden's husband. now watch joe biden's exchange with fox news reporter doug mckelway. watch this. >> you're a lying dog face. >> that you are subject to some degree of cognitive decline. i'm 65. i don't have, word recollection that i used to have. i forget my train of thought from time to time. you have 12 years on me, sir. have you been tested for some degree of cognitive decline? >> i've been, constantly tested. look, all i got to do is watch me and i can hardly wait to compare my cognitive capabilities to the cognitive capability of the man i'm running against. thank you so much. elizabeth: all right. well, kelsey, you know, he may have to, there will be growing

pressure on joe biden to release the results of his cognitive tests. what do you think? >> yes. i think that's fair. when you're running forepresident of the united states and again, when he eventually comes out of his basement, we're going to see how capable he is of being commander-in-chief of our military, president of the united states. we all hope for the best for him. but he has to be able to go up against president trump on that debate stage and make his case. elizabeth: kelsey bolar, great to see you. come back soon. >> thank you. elizabeth: coming up remember when the media attracted the trump rallies but not protests for spreading covid-19? well, a big democrat mayor, he is the mayor of los angeles now says yes, those protests did trigger a spike in covid-19 cases after all. va secretary, white house covid-19 task force member,

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♪. elizabeth: remember when the media attacked the trump rallies but not protests for spreading covid-19? remember when the media downplayed the protests violence that is now basically killed two

dozen people? and now we have even more mob violence over the weekend, seven children shot dead. watch this. >> it's dangerous and these people can take this home with them and hurt their families all the rest. >> i would like to ask them willing to sign away right to treatment if and when they get infected. >> who the hell do you think you are? what is wrong with people! i do not understand what is wrong with people! stay at home! >> mostly a protest. it is not, it is not generally speaking unruly, but fires have been started. >> destroying property which can be replaced is not violence. >> please, show me where it says protesters are supposed to be polite and peaceful. >> the beautiful thing we're seeing citizens caring and concerned, they're hitting the streets. >> heartwarming to see so many people turn out peacefully across the country. it is bringing people together.

community with unity. elizabeth: okay, note to chris cuomo, the first amendment says that protests, rather, it should be peaceful assembly when you protest. staying on just the covid-19 part, now the democrat mayor of los angeles doing an about-face a 180. he says yes, the protests triggered a spike in covid-19 cases. watch also the republican mayor of miami-dade say the same. watch this. >> i think obviously the protests had a lot to do with it. we had thousands of young people together, outside, a lot of them not wearing masks. we know when you do that, and you are talking and you are chanting, et cetera, that really spreads the virus. so absolutely, the protests had something to do with it. elizabeth: let's welcome back to the show, va secretary and white house covid-19 task force member, secretary robert wilkie. great to have you on.

reaction to what you heard? >> i agree with you, the supposition that you made. we're creating dangerous hot spots all across the country and i will just go outside of my lane for a minute and address the hypocrisy i that you mentioned. criticism of president's rally, tens of thousands of people marching through the streets, looting, spreading the virus, ignored by the mainstream media. there is a larger issue, elizabeth. it is not the subject of this discussion but the notion that our country is an ignoble experiment, worthy of destroying when we're the greatest force for good in history around the only force in the history of the world offered a helping hand to all of the peoples of the world including its enemies. that is the is a saddest part of this. elizabeth: you know what? there a minority. the majority does understand we're one american culture, under one constitution, under

the bill of rights, under the declaration of independence. that is how we roll. that is who we are as a nation. i want to turn to more dodging of accountability. the new york governor, andrew cuomo again says that basically the federal government is to blame because the virus hitting new york came out of europe. watch governor cuomo here dodge how his dangerous and catastrophic decision to put covid-19 patients back into nursing home facilities, he is not flipping around to try to blame the federal government. watch this. >> the main driver was the virus came from europe. and it was the greatest miss by the federal government of all time. china virus, china virus. china virus. china travel ban. forget the china travel ban. it was in europe! elizabeth: okay. apparently people only flew to new york from europe, not to any other state whose governors have not made these claims.

governor cuomo is now making. secretary, somehow governor cuomo didn't see the outbreak of the covid-19 in italy and spain and everywhere else in europe that everyone saw this year. by the way, does the europe virus target, treat senior citizens than viruses from china? >> no, absolutely not. you hit the problem of new york. mismanagement of state veterans homes. mismanagement of state nursing homes. we sent out guidance across the country after we put cautions in place in our 134 nursing homes. we sent guidance out to all the states, including new york how to control infections, how to separate patients and i think that was ignored and you had this terrible crisis within the empire state and deflection by politicians. i said on a fox news show many

months ago that i'm still waiting for the people, government of new york, say thank you to va for opening up our hospitals in the state to take in new yorkers who had the virus. elizabeth: yeah. if cuomo knew the source was europe, the question is, would he have blocked covid-19 patients from going back to nursing homes if he knew it was from europe? that is still out there. that is questionable whether he would have done that. let's listen to governor cuomo say he is taking accountability and then dodging it. watch this. >> in my state i owned the situation. i will answer for my actions and then history will decide. i have said a number of times local governments have to do their job. i, my father's advice to me, take responsibility, own it. i have taken responsibility for

every bad decision and everyone popular decision. no, look, if you look how many people died in nursing homes in new york compared to other states, we actually have a lower percentage of people who died in nursing homes. yes, we had more people die in nursing homes than anywhere else, because we had more people die. because the federal government missed the boat and never told us that this virus was coming from europe and not from china. so new york had more cases, more deaths, and more deaths than nursing homes because that is who the virus effects, it affects senior citizens. we know. that of the you look at any state, they had a tremendous number of deaths in nursing homes. it is all a political charade. elizabeth: okay. you got 10 seconds, secretary. 10 seconds, sorry. >> well compare, liz, compare what happened in president trump's va nursing homes. today we have 20 infections out

of 7500 patients. elizabeth: okay. >> compare what happened. elizabeth: quite a track record. got it. va secretary, thank you so much for joining us. thank you for joining us. we hope you join us again tomorrow night. have a good evening. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. as we begin, the radical dems are in full-on, open conflict with america. our values and traditions and all that america stands for. they mean to end our way of life, to destroy our nation. the primary focus of the left's agenda is to overthrow our constitutional government, to seize a permanent claim to power and to wealth. and they do so in the name of liberalism, while they fill our streets with anarchists and leftist activists of all sorts. for decades dem leaders in primarily big cities in coastal states pusheor